Joseph Vuillemin
Lieutenant General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff , State Secretary in the Reich Aviation Ministry General Erhard Milch and General Vuillemin walk down the front of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" .
Joseph Vuillemin (born March 14, 1883 in Bordeaux , † July 23, 1963 in Lyon ) was a French general and chief of staff of the air force .
Life
Vuillemin served as a successful pilot in the French Air Force during World War I. In August 1938 he visited Germany at the invitation of the German Air Force Command and was very successfully deceived about the strength of the German Air Force.
Awards
This is an incomplete listing:
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor , 1934.
- War Cross 1914–1918
- Croix de guerre théâtres d'opérations extérieurs (TOE)
Works
- art du pilotage ce qu'il faut savoir du pilotage et de la navigation
- L'aviation militaire française , 1940.
- Vie du commandant Faye
Web links
Commons : Joseph Vuillemin - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Newspaper article about Joseph Vuillemin in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ^ Samuel W. Mitcham : Eagles of the Third Reich: leaders of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War (= Crécy classic ). Crécy Publ., Manchester 2010, ISBN 978-0-85979-149-6 , p. 86. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ↑ Günther Fuchs, Udo Scholze, Detlev Zimmermann: Werden und Vergehen einer Demokratie , p. 184. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vuillemin, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French general and Chief of Staff of the Air Force |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1963 |
| Place of death | Lyon |